Movement and Voice for Theatre. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

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Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with grades of C or higher; ENGL 102 may be taken concurrently as a corequisite. The objective of the course is for students to learn to use voice as a vocal instrument and to introduce skill-oriented movement exercises through an exploration of the physical nature of acting and character work. . Beginning with breath control, students learn how to project the voice, the use of resonators, and the placement of the voice in space. This is an essential training for the actor or public speaker. Exercises will be generated from plays from around the world. The movement exercises used in this course will explore not only the physical age of the characters from plays chosen in class, but also work with the character social movements based on the cultural history of the times the plays were written or the historical period they represent. The character work from these plays will include the study of dialects, sustainability, phonetics, and culturally specific vocals. This course satisfies the three credit 200 GER in History and Humanities.